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Exhibit
23.1
Consent
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The
Board
of Directors
Bankrate,
Inc.:
We
consent to the use of our reports dated March 15, 2006, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of Bankrate, Inc. as of December 31, 2005 and 2004,
and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and
cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31,
2005, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, incorporated herein
by
reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the
prospectus supplement.
Our
report dated March 15, 2006, on management’s assessment of the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting and the effectiveness of internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, contains an
explanatory paragraph that states that Bankrate, Inc. acquired Wescoco LLC,
d/b/a FastFind and Mortgage Market Information Services, Inc. and Interest.com
on November 30, 2005 and December 1, 2005, respectively, and management excluded
from its assessment of the effectiveness of Bankrate, Inc.’s internal control
over financial reporting as of December 31, 2005, Wescoco LLC’s and Mortgage
Market Information Services, Inc. and Interest.com’s internal control over
financial reporting associated with total assets of $10,577,000 and $32,697,000
and total revenues of $166,000 and $1,271,000, respectively, included in the
consolidated financial statements of Bankrate, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
and
for the year ended December 31, 2005. Our audit of internal control over
financial reporting of Bankrate, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the
internal control over financial reporting of Wescoco LLC, d/b/a FastFind and
Mortgage Market Information Services, Inc. and Interest.com.
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KPMG
LLP
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Fort
Lauderdale, Florida
May
2 , 2006
Certified
Public Accountants
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